Dear Editor:

I would like to know/see where Mr. Marc Norton is getting his statistics from. JROTC is an elective course. It is an optional class. Administrators placing students in JROTC to relieve overcrowded gym classes is an entirely separate issue. It is an issue of reducing classroom sizes and not the fault of JROTC.

Mr. Norton also claims that 15.6% of cadets were forced into the program. I find this hard to believe because students can, within reason and with space, transfer out of any class. Those 15.6% can ask to be moved out. Oh no wait, they can't because administrators are dealing with big classrooms already.

So now that JROTC is gone, we will see an even bigger increase in more overcrowded gym classes. Way to go! Why not deal with the issue of classroom sizes instead of advancing an "anti-military in schools" political agenda. Mr. Norton does not seem to realize time is better spent dealing with more real, pressing issues instead of wasting time and resources on than cutting out proven programs that work. Deal with class sizes first, then to the lesser issues!

Christopher Dionisio
Vallejo, CA

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